Lampard and Alonso clear the air - now cue a real snooze-fest

06 April 2009 01:37

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Frank Lampard says he has cleared the air with Xabi Alonso and that the pair now have a lot of respect for each other.Great, now Wednesday's Champions League game between Liverpool and Chelsea will be even more boring than usual.

No more bother: Lampard and Alonso have cleared the air

The teams have played each other so many times over the last few years that they know each other too well and they have usually engaged in a war of attrition that has plumbed new depths of tedium.

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